Warm, Nuanced Sound Marked by Iron-Fisted Control and Seductive Balance: Japanese-Built My Sonic Lab Hyper Eminent EX MC Phono Cartridge Simply Analog Bliss

Equipped with same ultra-hard, resonance-defeating body and Super Duralumin cantilever as the more expensive Signature Gold model, the My Sonic Lab Hyper Eminent EX MC phono cartridge delivers warm, organic, and nuanced sound distinguished by iron-fisted control, a fully fleshed-out midrange, pure highs, and beguiling balance. A seamless fit with practically any system and a paragon of My Sonic Labs' detail-rich pedigree, the handmade and Japanese-built Hyper Eminent EX delivers copious amounts of information, renders images in three-dimensional perspective, and allows the fullness of tones to blossom with remarkable finesse. With Hyper Eminent EX, spinning LPs will never be the same again.

"This may just be the best, the finest, moving-coil cartridge on the market today."

—Harry Pearson, The Absolute Sound

Body Is Ten Times Harder Than Eminent EX

The body is made from super-hard A7075 aluminum with further strengthening measures by applying an ion surface hardening treatment, creating a sandwiching effect and eliminating the inherent resonances of a single material. The result is a 10x harder surface than the body of its sibling, Eminent EX. The resulting extra-hard body, combined with the warm and natural sound of the Super Duralumin cantilever, makes the Hyper Eminent very system friendly, detailed but never lean.

Four Decades of Cartridge-Building Expertise: My Sonic Lab

My Sonic Lab cartridges are the labors of master cartridge designer Yoshio Matsudaira seeking natural reproduction by minimizing signal loss, internal distortion, and phase distortion. All of the company's cartridges utilize Matsudaira's unique SH-μX magnetic core, a special material with higher permeability and flux density than the typical iron core material used in MC cartridges. It also allows My Sonic Lab to use fewer coil windings than other MC cartridges, minimizing music-robbing distortions and maximizing signal output. The high-efficiency approach translates into wide dynamic range, fast transient response, low distortion, and a high signal-to-noise ratio.

Internal impedance: 1.8Ω
Output voltage: 0.5mV
Compliance: 10x10-6cm/dyen
Weight: 9.5g
Recommended tracking force: 1.9-2.2g
Recommended loading: 100-800Ω (ideal is around 400Ω)